Originally Posted by
Bushfiva
Easiest first step is to delete that particular wireless connection on your computer, and start again. Control Panel, Network Connections, right click on the wireless adapter and select Properties, then Wireless Networks, click on your wireless network name and delete it.
Alternatively, switch off network security on both sides and see if you can connect, and if you can then check that the same network security settings are used on the laptop as are required by the router.
I assume there's no MAC filtering being used by the router, though I don't think you'd get that error message.
Bushfiva is on the money, albeit giving a Windows XP solution to fixing a Vista issue. What you need to do is to go to "Network & Sharing Centre" and then to
"Manage Wireless Networks" (on the left), and then find and delete your existing record of the wireless connection with NETGEAR as an SSID. Then you can find the wireless again and enter the wireless password when prompted, and it should work from there.
This is discounting the fact that some wireless NIC manufacturers aren't so great with their drivers btw.